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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Yay!
The same one again.
Yep. I need to try harder.
Alright. So what do you got for us today?
We've got okumotsu.
Okay, I have no idea what that is.
Okay. So as a...
In the last episode we tried to eat crepe, that crepe-print crepe.
But this is Japanese, quite Japanese traditional sweet.
Okay.
So, can you read this?
Yeah, sure.
"Okumono"
"Ine"
"Ine"
"Ine"
"Ke"
"Inekegusa"
"Inekekusama Jinja"
Right.
So it was okumotsu.
"Okumotsu"
And it's "inage"
"Inage"
Yeah, and "sengenjinja"
"Sengenjinja"
Yeah. This is the shrine I...
Famous shrine.
Yeah. Like we, family, go.
Gotcha.
When...
As Hatsumode.
Okay, okay.
So, this year, I don't know if you might know about this, but we are "Happou Fusagari"
Yeah, you told me that on the live radio last time.
So, I didn't know what that is.
It's like kind of yakudoshi, you know?
Ah.
That kind of things.
Bad...
Bad thingy.
I know you don't care about that.
But still.
And I...
We went to the shrine and did a little prayer.
"Oharai"
Yes.
And "okumotsu" is something that the shrine gives us.
When you...
Like, when you've got a prayer, "oharai"
You get... That's what you get after you did the prayer.
Yes.
Little "omiki" is a little "osake"
Uh-huh.
And little "okumotsu"
And of course "omamori" and...
And this little...
This huge...
Like this one?
Ah! The little stick.
Yeah.
Don't say "little stick"!
You know, you're gonna be...
Yes, obviously.
Be careful on your way back to your house.
Right, you're right.
Okay?
I will be careful.
Okay, I'm gonna say... What is the name?
Uh... I'd say...
I should... I should fix the name.
It's uh...
Uh...
No? You don't know what the name is?
Oh, I... I... Oh, it's uh...
You're just as guilty as I am.
Yeah, I am!
Yeah, I am!
I am!
Oh my god.
So we're in it together.
So anyways...
So this is the traditional sweets of Japan.
Okay.
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So...
And it's uh...
Already uh...
Like seen by...
Sengen-jinja shrine's god.
Got it.
So it's... you know...
So it's a sacred food.
Yeah.
It's a very holy food.
Right, right.
I don't think holy would be the right word because it's Christianity.
But very spiritual kind of food.
Right, right. It has a power.
Got it.
Power. So uh...
Sharing this to you.
Wow.
Look at that!
Yeah.
That looks so fancy!
Really?
I thought that was like...
50 little...
Like tablets of little candies.
I thought it was like... you know... frisk.
Frisk shaped kind of candies.
But it was way more fancier than that.
Right.
Okay. So this is called the... what do you call it?
You know... this is called...
Uchigashi. Wasanbon.
Wasanbon.
Like Uchigashi.
But it's called Okumotsu.
Okumotsu.
It doesn't have to be like this.
Got it.
It could be...
It's one type of Okumotsu.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right? Okay.
And do I eat the red and the yellow at the same time
or do I eat just the whichever color I want?
Whichever you want.
But it's white and pink.
Okay, it's white and pink. Got it.
I'll get the white.
Yeah.
Right?
I mean it's Kohaku.
Ah, I got it.
Got it. Kohaku.
Okay, I don't smell anything.
Okay.
In my mouth?
Mm-hmm.
Mm.
Mm.
Mm.
Mm.
Okay, I...
Okay.
I know this.
Oh, you know this?
I know this taste.
Wow.
I tasted it before.
What is that?
I tasted it in a Wagashi.
Yes.
Oh, no. Dagashi.
Mm-hmm.
I tasted it in a Dagashi.
Um...
Wow.
But I don't remember which one.
Mm-hmm.
But I can feel the special something.
Okay.
What is this?
What's in it?
Something rice?
Some sort of rice related kind of product?
Yes, it is.
Yeah!
You've got a...
Good taste buds.
Yeah.
Something rice like Amazake kind of?
No.
No.
Ah, I should have stopped.
I can't.
I should have stopped.
All right.
It's made from Wasanbon, one kind of sugar, special sugar in Japan, and Sato, and Mochigome.
Mochigome!
Yes.
Got it, got it.
And Denpun.
Denpun.
Yes.
Okay.
So it's basically made from sugar and rice.
I can feel the sugar.
Wow.
It's very, very sweet.
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I feel like this is sweeter than the caramel sauce that we last ate.
Yeah, because it's sugar.
Right.
It's hard-core sugar.
Mm.
Isn't it hard-core sugar?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Basically, we eat this with Matcha.
Ah.
Because it's Ochagashi.
You know what?
I can feel, I can sense, I can kind of, it would probably go good with Matcha.
Mm-hmm.
Like the real Matcha, right?
Yeah.
What do you mean by that?
Not like the ones you buy at Family Mart, like the Matcha Latte kind of.
No, it's not Matcha.
The actual...
It's Matcha Latte already.
Right.
The Omacha.
Yeah.
The one...
The actual Omacha.
The master made.
Right.
I've actually drank Matcha once.
Oh, really?
I went to Kyoto.
Oh.
Can I eat the other one too?
Sure.
Am I allowed to have another one?
Yes.
Okay.
You will be blessed.
Am I being too greedy?
No, no.
No?
Okay.
I ate the...
I drank the Matcha.
Mm-hmm.
At Kyoto?
Kyoto.
In a temple maybe?
It was like a cafe.
That's fine.
It was good.
Mm.
Was it good for you?
I mean...
I knew that like the real Omacha was going to be good.
Mm-hmm.
How do you say "Nigai" I forgot.
I forgot how to say "Nigai".
Let me...
Wow.
You're getting...
Like being Japanese people.
Yeah, I know.
I know.
Hold on.
Bitter.
Alright.
Bitter.
Yeah.
Bitter.
Shit.
How did I forget bitter?
It's a little bit different from bitter.
Like "Matcha no Nigai" is bitter.
It's different.
Mm-hmm.
I understand how...
I don't know what you mean.
Yeah.
That's why you maybe...
Mm.
The word...
Bitter.
Came up.
Matcha...
Nigai.
In English.
No, it's all bitter.
Yeah, they all say bitter.
Do you have any word like Shibui?
No.
In English?
Shibui, I don't think Shibui exists in the US.
Matcha.
Nope.
No Shibui?
Nope.
Mm.
Nope.
Okay.
No Shibui.
Shibui is a very Japanesey...
Yeah.
Kind of characteristic, right?
Shibui.
Shibui.
Shibui.
Yeah.
Shibui.
Yeah, you're really good at doing that kind of things.
I mean, pronouncing the Japanese in an American style.
Yeah.
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Shibui.
I'm gonna do this one more time.
Okay.
Shibui.
Shibui.
Shibui.
Shibui.
Shibui.
I don't know how this is funny.
I don't know why this is like funny.
But it's really funny.
Yeah, I know.
But the matcha I ate was...I knew that it was very Shibui.
So I was expecting it to be very, very, you know, not like the one you find at the convenience
store.
Yeah.
I was expecting that and I was ready for it and it was good.
Okay.
Good.
Did you find that was delicious?
Mm-hmm.
Really?
I did.
I did.
Okay.
I did.
I did find it delicious.
I felt like I wanted more.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
The amount.
You know how they serve like a little bit?
Yeah.
I needed more.
I kind of needed more.
That's not really American.
I needed kind of like a grande style.
No.
Grande size.
That was like half a short.
Yeah.
Right?
That's Japanese style.
Please bring it to tall.
To tall size.
Yeah.
A little bad bowl.
Tall size.
Yeah.
You know?
Short, tall.
Grande, venti.
You can customize with your...
Yeah.
Choco sauce.
Wow.
That's really American.
That is.
You know in other countries there's Trenta?
What?
There's a size called the Trenta.
What is that?
Short, tall, grande, venti Trenta.
Wow.
Yeah.
This is a Trenta, dude.
Wow.
Yeah.
How big is that?
It's like a little bit bigger.
It's like a little bit bigger.
It's like a little bit bigger.
It's like a little bit bigger.
It's like a little bit bigger.
Yeah.
How big is that?
It's bigger than grande, right?
Bigger than grande.
Short.
What's that again?
Short, regular?
Short, tall.
Short, tall, grande, venti.
Venti.
Venti is in Japan.
The biggest one.
Yeah.
In Japan.
Trenta.
Yeah.
Wow.
Short.
I'm going to tell you how much milliliters there are in it.
Like I've never ordered venti size.
Have you not?
Like tall is already enough.
Like too much for me.
So short is 240 milliliters.
Like usual, cafe.
Tall is 350.
Oh, okay.
Grande is 470.
Oh, wow.
Okay.
So that's already not double, not double the short.
Not yet double.
Okay.
Venti is 590.
590.
Wow.
That's double.
More than double the short.
Yeah.
Trenta.
Okay.
910.
910.
Yeah.
910 milliliters.
It's almost a liter.
What?
One liter.
Yeah, it's almost a liter.
Wow.
It's only in America now.
But I think Canada serves it too.
I believe.
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910, dude.
You know, it's so...
If it was Vota, it's hard to drink one liter of Vota.
Right.
You're right.
You're right.
Wow.
If you think about it like that, that's amazing.
A liter of water.
That's really tough.
And it's water, right?
Yeah.
It's like the easiest to consume.
Yeah.
And it's gonna be a frappuccino.
Like a Trenta-sized frappuccino.
I don't wanna see that.
It's crazy.
That's like almost four times as short, I think.
But isn't that bad for your body?
Of course it's bad for your body.
Yeah, okay.
Of course.
Imagine how much amount of sugar is inside.
You're right.
You're right.
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable amounts.
Unbelievable.
Wow.
Trenta.
All right.
Okay.
We'll make you order a Trenta when we go to US, okay?
A Trenta matcha latte.
Matcha frappuccino.
Let's try that.
It's a custom.
And customize and add some drinks on it.
Yeah.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Bye-bye.
Bye bye.
